When I take both my Music Magazine and Preliminary task and compare them, it is surprising how much I have learned and how much researching and drafting makes a difference on a final product.
When making my school magazine, I did not research any magazines before hand and did not plan it out before I began on Photoshop. This clearly impeded my progress as I took a while to think of ideas and wasted time. When comparing both magazines, my preliminary task has a lot more space as areas were not filled up. On my music magazine, I included many more things that are usually found on music magazines as I had previously researched and planned what to put on my cover. There are clear differences between the contents pages, as once again there are many gaps on my preliminary task. I researched the layouts generally found in a music magazine and this helped me make a better contents page. By researching page layouts and designs before making my music magazine, I had a clearer understanding of current media products and a better vision of what my own music magazine would look like. For instance, placements of coverlines and the usual layouts for both the contents and double page spreads were incorporated into my magazine after studying Kerrang! and Q.
When studying music magazines on sale, I had to analyse the types of fonts used throughout the magazine. The magazines used a variety of fonts throughout relating to the importance of the text or theme of the page. When making my music magazine I chose a standard font for most text as well as a variety for the coverlines on the front page. The contents page and double page spread used easy to read fonts so that the reader can skim over the pages easily. When making my preliminary task I did not include a variety of different fonts, instead I chose similar fonts and simply changed the colours of them. Therefore when you compare both projects my music magazine looks much more professional and interesting.
After my preliminary task, I was much more used to the software I would be using for my Music Magazine and this, combined with planning my product, gave me a better final piece. I did change some aspects once I had begun creating my magazine but this was based on feedback I had from others in order to make my magazine better than planned. I wanted my magazine to look professional and fit in with other magazines so I had to thoroughly consider all creative decisions I was about to take.
Time management was key when creating my product, as software such as Photoshop and InDesign were not available to me at home. I could access Blogger from home, so I divided my time, doing most creative work in school where I had access to the Macs and most written work at home.
When making my preliminary task, I did not take much thought in the setting of my photographs, as it was for a school magazine and I was taking pictures around school. I did not need to consider any costumes or props as the uniform was enough for my magazine. When I came to my Music Magazine, I had to consider setting and costumes much more as I had to take my target audience as design aspects into consideration. The clothes being worn had to appeal to my target audience, and the setting for my photos needed to be light. The background to my photos was not important as I had planned to cut out the figure in the photo in Photoshop and place it on a black background.
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